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Gerald Franklin Crawford (better known as “Crash”), age 83, of the Looxahoma community passed from this life to his eternal home on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at Iris Cove Nursing and Rehab in Memphis, after battling cancer.
He was born in Oxford, Miss., to Harold and Doris Crawford on August 28, 1942. He graduated from Como High School and worked at various occupations throughout his life. He worked at the William Carter Company, Meucci Originals, Bush Hog Continental Gin Company, Alumax, and Performance Towing.
By The Tate Record on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Arrest report
This is a list taken from the log at the Tate County Jail. A name listed does not indicate that a person is guilty of the crime with which they are charged, only that the person was taken and processed at the facility. Tate Record publishes all arrests listed on the docket without exception.
Dec. 24
James Albert Wilderson, DOB 6/9/60, of Senatobia, was charged with telecommunication crime/911 abuse by TCSO.
By The Tate Record on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Arrest report
This is a list taken from the log at the Tate County Jail. A name listed does not indicate that a person is guilty of the crime with which they are charged, only that the person was taken and processed at the facility. Tate Record publishes all arrests listed on the docket without exception.
Dec. 24
James Albert Wilderson, DOB 6/9/60, of Senatobia, was charged with telecommunication crime/911 abuse by TCSO.
By The Tate Record on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Arrest report
This is a list taken from the log at the Tate County Jail. A name listed does not indicate that a person is guilty of the crime with which they are charged, only that the person was taken and processed at the facility. Tate Record publishes all arrests listed on the docket without exception.
Dec. 24
James Albert Wilderson, DOB 6/9/60, of Senatobia, was charged with telecommunication crime/911 abuse by TCSO.
By The Tate Record on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Construction crews were busy Monday putting a new roof on top of Highland Hills Medical Center. The Senatobia hospital is in line to receive federal funds via the state under the Rural Health Transformation Program to help with facility improvements and workforce development.
The medicine of healthcare is complex and so is the business of healthcare and its relationship to local, state and federal government.
President Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ – the federal budget bill for 2026 – allocated $50 billion over five years to be divided up among 50 states under the Rural Health Transformation Program and Mississippi’s portion for 2026 is $205,907,220. But details of how that will filter down to Highland Hills, Tate County’s hospital in Senatobia, remain to be seen.
By Floyd Ingram on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Construction crews were busy Monday putting a new roof on top of Highland Hills Medical Center. The Senatobia hospital is in line to receive federal funds via the state under the Rural Health Transformation Program to help with facility improvements and workforce development.
The medicine of healthcare is complex and so is the business of healthcare and its relationship to local, state and federal government.
President Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ – the federal budget bill for 2026 – allocated $50 billion over five years to be divided up among 50 states under the Rural Health Transformation Program and Mississippi’s portion for 2026 is $205,907,220. But details of how that will filter down to Highland Hills, Tate County’s hospital in Senatobia, remain to be seen.
By Floyd Ingram on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Construction crews were busy Monday putting a new roof on top of Highland Hills Medical Center. The Senatobia hospital is in line to receive federal funds via the state under the Rural Health Transformation Program to help with facility improvements and workforce development.
The medicine of healthcare is complex and so is the business of healthcare and its relationship to local, state and federal government.
President Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ – the federal budget bill for 2026 – allocated $50 billion over five years to be divided up among 50 states under the Rural Health Transformation Program and Mississippi’s portion for 2026 is $205,907,220. But details of how that will filter down to Highland Hills, Tate County’s hospital in Senatobia, remain to be seen.
By Floyd Ingram on
2 months 2 weeks ago
The Madison Parish Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at a residence in Tallulah on the morning of Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, with assistance from Delta Marshall, the Franklin Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Tensas Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement officials took Percy Blair Jr. and Audreale Gray into custody during the operation, the sheriff’s office said. Children who were inside the residence were released to family members before the search began.
By Timothy Holdiness - Publisher/Editor on
2 months 2 weeks ago
The Madison Parish Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at a residence in Tallulah on the morning of Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, with assistance from Delta Marshall, the Franklin Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Tensas Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement officials took Percy Blair Jr. and Audreale Gray into custody during the operation, the sheriff’s office said. Children who were inside the residence were released to family members before the search began.
By Timothy Holdiness - Publisher/Editor on
2 months 2 weeks ago
The Madison Parish Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at a residence in Tallulah on the morning of Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, with assistance from Delta Marshall, the Franklin Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Tensas Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement officials took Percy Blair Jr. and Audreale Gray into custody during the operation, the sheriff’s office said. Children who were inside the residence were released to family members before the search began.
By Timothy Holdiness - Publisher/Editor on
2 months 2 weeks ago
CASA of Northeast Louisiana is calling on community members in the Tensas, Madison, and East Carroll parishes to step forward as Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers in 2026 to help children in foster care due to abuse and neglect.
CASA volunteers serve as trained advocates for children involved in the foster care system, ensuring their needs, safety, and best interests are clearly represented in court. For many children, a CASA volunteer is the one consistent adult focused solely on their well-being and long-term outcomes.
By Journal Staff - Madison Journal on
2 months 2 weeks ago
CASA of Northeast Louisiana is calling on community members in the Tensas, Madison, and East Carroll parishes to step forward as Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers in 2026 to help children in foster care due to abuse and neglect.
CASA volunteers serve as trained advocates for children involved in the foster care system, ensuring their needs, safety, and best interests are clearly represented in court. For many children, a CASA volunteer is the one consistent adult focused solely on their well-being and long-term outcomes.
By Journal Staff - Madison Journal on
2 months 2 weeks ago
CASA of Northeast Louisiana is calling on community members in the Tensas, Madison, and East Carroll parishes to step forward as Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers in 2026 to help children in foster care due to abuse and neglect.
CASA volunteers serve as trained advocates for children involved in the foster care system, ensuring their needs, safety, and best interests are clearly represented in court. For many children, a CASA volunteer is the one consistent adult focused solely on their well-being and long-term outcomes.
By Journal Staff - Madison Journal on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion
By Magnolia Tribune Staff on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion
By Magnolia Tribune Staff on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Louisiana parishes would have a say in how carbon capture and sequestration projects are approved and developed in their jurisdictions under bills filed by Rep. Mike Johnson, a Republican who represents Pineville and serves as acting House Speaker in the state legislature.
“These bills are about fairness, property rights, and respect for local voices,” Johnson said in a statement. “No private company should have the power to force a family off their land, and no community should be sidelined when decisions directly affect their parish.”
By Alton Wallace - The Center Square on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Laura Gale Smith
Missing
, Laura Gale Smith’s gray 2005 Toyota Corolla
A Spring Hill community woman has been found safe in the town of Oakland.
Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly said Laura Gale Smith, 58, was found on Spruce Street in the Yalobusha County town after having been reported missing some seven hours earlier with concerns about the threat of self-harm.
"She is safe and an ambulance was called to check her out," Fly noted in a message just before 1 a.m. Friday.
The sheriff said Smith was found about 12:15 a.m. in a house that had been checked earlier Thursday evening.
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By Clay McFerrin on
2 months 2 weeks ago
Laura Gale Smith
Missing
, Laura Gale Smith’s gray 2005 Toyota Corolla
A Spring Hill community woman has been found safe in the town of Oakland.
Tallahatchie County Sheriff Jimmy Fly said Laura Gale Smith, 58, was found on Spruce Street in the Yalobusha County town after having been reported missing some seven hours earlier with concerns about the threat of self-harm.
"She is safe and an ambulance was called to check her out," Fly noted in a message just before 1 a.m. Friday.
The sheriff said Smith was found about 12:15 a.m. in a house that had been checked earlier Thursday evening.
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By Clay McFerrin on
2 months 2 weeks ago
This community matters. Every life, every story, and every season represented here has purpose.
May these words serve as a reminder that you are seen, valued, and supported right where you are.
“Encourage one another and build each other up.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:11
By Pauline Jackson on
2 months 2 weeks ago
The credit card program used by Louisiana's universities, health department and other state entities is due for an inspection, according to officials who cite high levels of governmental inefficiencies.
Expenditures on the LaCarte procurement card will be examined as part of a broader crackdown by the Louisiana Fiscal Responsibility Program. The program, modeled after the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, has found almost $1 billion in inefficiencies across state government, Gov. Jeff Landry announced Wednesday.
By Nolan McKendry - The Center Square on
